As we get further into the year I am finding that less and less of us are checking the site. So that being said....want points?
1. Watch the video
2. Comment to this post with somthing related to the video and your first name
3. GET CREDIT!!! (woo hoo!!!!!!)
This is homework for all band students! It is due by the end of the long weekend 10/19/2008. All posts are time and date stamped so be sure you are on time with your post.
Also you can register for my class in SmartMusic from home just follow the directions to the right. ---------->
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This song has a smooth type of rythem and isclassical period music if i'm right
-Brandon
This is really good classical music
Caleb
Jason
In the intro, its the longest wind chime part I've heard in a song.
um alright, that was quite good! it was so soft at the beginning i didn't even know that it was playing.
by the way, they had pretty good crescendos and decrescendos.
oh and the smart music page said that the "Server Session Expired"
-NICK
As I listened to this song, I wondered why it was called October. I wonder what Eric Whitacre was inspired by. I also really liked all the crescendos and decrescendos in this song. It added intrest and made it sound very cool. I liked how the person playing the wind chimes had such good control over them as well. It didn't sound like a bunch of lound jingles. Also, I heard the suspended cymbal rolls in every crescendo and noticed how it lead the group. It was a very impressive song and was played very well.
- Emily S.
The Youtube Video "October" by: Eric Whitacre is very smoothing. It is a good song to listen to, just like Piano Improvisation on Canon By: Robin Spielberg. You can just constantly listen to the music over and over again, and never get bored of the same song.
-Mai (:
good comments guys! Keep them comming.
Just so you know this is not "classical" music. It is a wind band not an orchestra and would be considered modern music.
Thanks!!
I like the way that all the instruments stayed together. At the beginning the way the 2 types of clarinets(parts 1 and 2) how one was the main and the other was the backround and they flowed with each other throughout that first part. At 4:30 it does the same thing again with the clarinet parts standing out the most.
Why is it called "October"? IT it supposed to soud like the leaves coming off the trees or something?
grr... my message didn't publish.
When i heard the song, i thought, "classical" but then i knew it wasn't, because it had a slightly more modern feel. I feel that this could be labeled "inspired by classical".
-Jacob
Dis is Daiveon i listen to this song i like nice talent n i did the extra creait points THANX AND HAVE A NICE DAY:)
I really enjoyed this song. They executed the slurs very nicely. I also think the dynamic changes went very well.
-- Sean
Hey Mr.Terry I tried to log on to smart music enrollment for class and it didn't let me.Can you help?
-Cynthia
Cynthia -
When you click on the link you will need to then click on restart enrollment to get started.
Mr. T
This song seems like it is off of a relaxation CD. It is soothing and smooth. I like the chimes in the intro.
- Nicole
this song sounds like it's from a movie cuz of the intro..
other than that this is a nice relaxing song
/Mike\
The song was pretty calming. I might actually enjoy listening to it every once in a while. I liked hearing the clarinet parts... they were very good!
-amanda
All of the different instruments fit together in a way that made the music sound evenly distributed between each group. The dynamics created a good sound and you could tell the difference between loud and soft. It sounds really good and it truly fascinated me.
-Donte
nice oboes
jonathan
This song was nice and soothing. The dynamics were great including the slurs. This piece of music is great for describing October.
-Tonhy
I liked it was pretty good. The rythem of the song! Zachary
I think it was good. I like the rythem of the song!
The dynamics of the song added a lot of emphasis. It helped the music tell a story. I thought that the wind chimes were very controlled. Along with the woodwinds in the song, the chimes were solid and kept the song in one movement. Even though I didn't hear a lot of percussion, the song was still very impressive and interesting.
-Shanell
This song left me very impressed and might i add, speechless. The dynamics blew me away. It had unbelievable decrescendos that contributed greatly to the song. I could feel it when it the music got very big. It was also very smooth and this is what made this piece so special to me. My favorite part in this song is about five minutes into the piece. The Arizona All State Band played this song very well, i only hope i could play that well someday.
-Brittany
The music was smooth and calm. At many parts of the song i had to turn my volume on my computer up all the way because it was so quiet.I liked how they all played in unison to eachother.
-Jake
This piece of music was VERY soothing!
I think that it got very slow and then kind of faster but not very much. It was a very nice piece :)
-Rachel K.
i think that this song is very peaceful. it reminds me of wind and leaves falling off of the trees. i like it. :)
-juliaa.
NICE TRIANGLE SOUND! :D
julia again. :]
i like how everything stayed together and listened to each other and didnt just do there own thing. i like this song a lot!
-Leanza
It was very legato until the last minute of the song then it became staccato.
-Mark G
The song was played very professionaly, i didn't hear any mistakes.
Mark H
It seemed like the brass and percussion came in at the loudest points of the song. They often grow fom a small pitch to a large full pitch.
- John
Ashley: I liked this piece of music because it's interesting and the flute makes the music sound soothing, and everyone play's together and you can hear every instrument cleary, no one is paying to loud or to soft.I also like the ending. I knew the song was going to end because everyone got softer.
He is very good!!!!!!!!!!!! It was very nice to hear it.
-Brennan
i liked alot...its nice and relaxing
*Paige
they have talent...i liked it, the clarinet parts were the beast/ real cool.
~Paige
The music sounds like one sound not just a bunch of different instruments who just happen to be playing the same thing. The band really sounds unified. They are making the sound move as one song.
-Sam
I thought this song was really relaxing. The dynamics were amazing. The crecendos and decrecendos just left me speechless. These guys are just really good. & they had a great sound.
Nice rhythm to the song! =) I especially liked the cymbals with the big, dramatic crescendos. I usually don't listen to this kind of music, but I think this song may have made me change my mind. But no harpsichord???
~Abbie S.
it was good and im wondering if its a full orchestra
-tyler h
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